Mackie PORTABLE RECORDING PREAMP Manuel D’Utilisation

Owner’

s Manual

2.  Connect the FireWire connector from the Onyx Sat-

ellite to the FireWire connector on your computer.

3.  If you are using the AC adapter with your Onyx 

Satellite, turn on the Power switch.

Note: The Onyx Satellite is equipped 
with a 6-pin FireWire connector and 
comes with a 6-pin to 6-pin FireWire 
cable. If your computer has a 4-pin 
FireWire connector, you can use the 

6-pin to 4-pin FireWire adapter included in the box 
to make the connection, but the Onyx Satellite can-
not be powered from the 4-pin connector (the two 
missing pins carry the power). You will need to use 
the AC adapter included with the Onyx Satellite.

4.  If the microphone is a dynamic microphone, leave 

the 48V switch out. If it is a condenser microphone, 
push in the 48V phantom power button to turn on 
the phantom power (applied to XLR inputs 1 and 2).

5.  Connect the Control Room A outputs to a pair 

of powered studio monitors (or to an amplifier 
connected to a pair of monitors). Optionally, you 
can connect a pair of headphones to one of the 
PHONES jack on the pod to monitor the audio. 

To set the channel GAIN controls (on channels 1-2), 

it’s not even necessary to hear what you’re doing in the 
monitors. The following steps must be performed one 
channel at a time.

1.  Play something into the selected input, either guitar 

(channel 1) or vocal (channel 2). Be sure that the 
volume of the input source is the same as it would 
be during normal use. If it isn’t, you might have to 
readjust these levels later.

2.  Adjust the channel’s GAIN control so that the 

“–20” and “–10” LEDs light frequently or continu-
ously, and the “OL” LED doesn’t light at all (or only 
flashes occasionally).

3.  Repeat for each channel.

4.  You can also monitor the input level with the input 

metering of your DAW software application.

1.  Open the Onyx Satellite Control Panel (click Start 

> Programs > Mackie Satellite > Satellite Con-
sole). Select the sample rate of your choice (44.1, 
48, 88.2, or 96 kHz) and the latency setting. 

 

These values should be reflected in your DAW 

software application, and it is important that they 
match. If you are using Tracktion 2, click the “Set-
tings” tab and then click “Audio Devices” to see the 
sample rate and latency settings.

1.  Go to the Applications folder and open the Utilities 

folder.

2.  Double-click “Audio MIDI Setup.” 

3.  Click the Audio Devices tab and select Onyx 

FireWire in the “Properties For” drop-down box.

4.  You can change the sample rate setting in the Format 

drop-down box. There is no latency setting here. That 
setting is made in the DAW software application.

Latency (sometimes called buffer 
size) describes the amount of time 
it takes for audio to get in and out of 
your software application. The lower 
the latency setting, the faster audio 
can get into and out of the software